Test 1

A  Free Radical Theory

B  Cellular Aging Theory

C  Wear-and-Tear Theory

D  Immunological Theory

A  True

B  False

A  True

B  False

A  The wear-and-tear theory focuses on internal factors such as antioxidants, while the cellular aging theory focuses on external stresses

B  The wear-and-tear theory focuses on environmental factors, while the cellular aging theory focuses on pathogens and infections

C  The wear-and-tear theory focuses on external factors, while the cellular aging theory focuses on an internal biological clock

D  The wear-and-tear theory focuses on the body as a machine, while the cellular aging theory focuses on damage from free radicals

A  Strokes

B  Falls

C  Car Accidents

D  Heart Disease

A  functional

B  activity

C  instrumental

D  health

A  False

B  True

A  It declines with age, but can be less severe with regular exercise

B  It remains stable without any exercise

C  It increases with age, especially with regular exercise

D  Researchers are not sure 

A  A rapid deterioration of cognition and physicality

B  A combination of disease and dying

C  A gradual accumulation of irreversible functional losses

D  A slow loss of senses and abilities

A  environmental factors such as stress, poverty, and nutrition

B  the immune system becoming defective

C  decreased cellular replication

D  the oxidative damage to cells

A  Comorbidity

B  Acute Conditions

C  Hypertension

D  Chronic Condition Syndrome

A  False

B  True

A  population pyramids

B  global aging

C  compression of morbidity

D  maximum life span

A  Immigrant older adults have approximately twice the poverty rates than U.S.-born older adults

B  Immigrant older adults and U.S.-born older adults have the same poverty rates

C  U.S.-born older adults have approximately twice the poverty rates than immigrant older adults

D  Researchers have not examined this yet

A  Traditional societies typically treat older adults with more respect than modern societies

B  Traditional societies typically treat older adults with more disregard than modern societies

C  Modern societies and traditional societies treat older adults the same

A  A decrease in older adults in those societies

B  A decrease in filial piety toward older adults

C  An increase in youth willing to care for older adults

D  An increase in opportunities for older adult workers

A  False

B  True

A  biculturalism

B  multiculturalism

C  filial

D  immigration

A  Segregation

B  Stratification

C  Modernization

D  Traditional

A  Filial Piety

B  Parental Honor System

C  Filial Code

D  Maternal Care

A  False

B  True

A  True

B  False

A  True

B  False

A  True

B  False

A  The crossover effect

B  Compression of morbidity

C  The hardiness rule

D  Survival curves

A  Maximum life span is dependent on genetics, while life expectancy is dependent on environmental factors

B  Maximum life span is actual, while life expectancy is hypothetical

C  Maximum life span is theoretical, while life expectancy is a statistical average

D  Maximum life span is relative, while life expectancy is universal

A  Generation Cohort

B  Demographic Trend Chart

C  Survival Curve

D  Population Pyramid

A  How long people live if proper anti-aging methods are employed

B  How long people live taking into consideration personal factors such as gender, race, ethnicity, etc…

C  How long people could live if environmental hazards and diseases were eliminated (theoretical limit to human life)

D  How long people live if all global life expectancy averages are considered

A  There would be fewer people over the age of 65 than children under the age of 5.

B  There would be the same number of people over the age of 65 as children under the age of 5.

C  There would be more people over the age of 65 than children under the age of 5.

A  Generation Xers

B  Boomerang Children

C  Middle Children

D  Baby Boomers